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How the Alexander Technique can help with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Body Learning: The Alexander Technique

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The Benefits of Using the Position of Mechanical Advantage in Alexander Lessons

We work a lot with the monkey or position of mechanical advantage. That's just such a useful movement. Knowing how to bend at the hips without creating compression there and keeping the head, neck, and back and proper relationship. Someone with RA will be told, you want to use the largest joints possible to pick up that book. And then they can scoop with their hands and bring that book towards themselves, closer to their body,. Then they stand up.

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